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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?
(a) Edmond de Goncourt.
(b) Edward Burne-Jones.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Moliere.

2. What does the author claim art always has on its side?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Truth.
(c) Justice.
(d) Time.

3. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Jean Lorrain.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Alexandre Laboulbene.

4. Who was Pozzi's cousin that was 20 years his senior and a well-known society doctor whose patients including the ruling family of Napoleon III?
(a) Jean Lorrain.
(b) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Edmond de Polignac.

5. What gift did Pozzi receive from Montesquiou in June of 1884?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A pair of gloves.
(c) A red coat.
(d) A traveling bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Samuel Pozzi restore the family name to "Pozzi" from "Pozzy"?

2. Where is Dr. Pozzi's right hand in the painting by Sargent?

3. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?

4. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

5. When did Ephraim McDowell operate on Jane Crawford to remove an ovarian cyst?

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